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• Initial Complaint

  Date:01/17/2025

  Type:Order Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  When we bought our house we entered into a 2 year contract ending in June 2024. We found we never used the service because someone was always home. We contacted them to terminate the service during the 2 year contract window. We were told that we had to continue paying for the 2 years, but that they would not auto-renew the contract and give use a call at the end to tell us that they were discontinuing service. We discovered this month while getting our finances together that they've been billing us $66.99 each month since the contract ended instead of terminating service. We have not used it in years. We want to be refunded for the $401.94 they've billed us since our contract ended. We called them today to have them stop billing us. They did discontinue as of this date (January 17, 2025), but they refused to give back the money they've been taking from us.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 01/20/2025

  In January of 2023 customer was told that they will need to call in to cancel their agreement when the terms are complete. Customer was never told we would cancel their agreement for them. Attached is a copy of their contract that they signed stating they would need to notify us in writing their intent to cancel the agreement of which they did not do until January of 2025. We are not required to refund them due to not be notified of their intent to cancel upon completion of their agreement.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 02/06/2025

   
  Complaint: ********
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  
  

  “The agreement clearly states you would need to pay the entirety of the agreement to have canceled the agreement early…”

  The agreement does not clearly say that. You keep saying it does. It doesn’t. To keep insisting that it does is to continue admitting that the company’s policy is incongruent with the contracts entered into.

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***** ******

  

  Business Response

  Date: 02/12/2025

  Please see attached screenshot where it clearly explains it in section 10 of the agreement. Thanks.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/10/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On 3/23/22 I had a solicitor come up to my door to sell me on the Wise Home Solutions security system for $66.99 a month. They installed the system immediately.Within a few months, I had an incident where my security system gave a false alarm while I was out. As a single woman, this is terrifying. It was difficult to sleep at night wondering if someone actually WAS in my home.Over the next several months, these false alarms continued. I had not been called on these instances and instead, they called my emergency contact, so I would not hear about a potential break-in until my emergency contact would call me to ask if I was okay.Finally in August 2022, after a lot of teeth pulling to not be charged a service fee for a faulty system, they had a technician come out to 'fix' the issue. However, the issue was not fixed. I eventually stopped using the system all together, because almost every single time I set it and left the house it was falsely alarm.I had contacted **** several times throughout this time, but I either would be met with a 'there is nothing we can do, you're in a contract', or 'my manager will call within 72 hours'. On a few ocassions, no manager called at all. On others, I wasn't able to be readily available for 72 hours straight to pick up a call.I had eventually given up assuming I truly had no option and they would continue to steal my money despite not having the usable product they promised.For the last month, while I continue to have a system that does not work, they have been sending emails (after I specifically demanded to speak with a manager and have them email me, so I am not waiting around for a phone call and then can not answer) asking for more time to review the account.They still refuse to issue a refund for time lost and will not terminate my contract, which they have been in breach of for nearly two years.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/20/2024

  Here are the notes from her account: 4/1/22 - Received ticket via alarm.com for account number and an insurance certificate. This request was completed and sent the day it was received. 4/6/22 - Received ticket via alarm.com. 4/6/22 - Tech support called, no answer, left voicemail 5/4/22 - Received ticket via alarm.com regarding how to update payment information 5/23/22 - Welcome call department called to see how things were going and if there were any issues with the system, as well as address how to update payment, no answer, left voicemail 8/6/22 - Received ticket via alarm.com regarding issues with sensors (this was on a weekend and the office was not open) 8/9/22 - Received inbound call from customer regarding the open ticket, ended up with a request to speak with a supervisor 8/11/*************** called customer, no answer, left voicemail. Informed we would be willing to replace the lost sensor piece as a one time courtesy, at this time they would still be responsible for the service fee 8/18/*************** called customer, no answer, left voicemail, an additional audit was performed on the account and we would be willing to waive the service fee in addition to covering the cost of sensors 8/22/22 - **************** called customer to inquire about getting service scheduled, no answer, a voicemail was left 8/22/22 - **************** called later this same day to customer to inquire about getting service scheduled, no answer, an additional voicemail was left 8/22/22 - Received ticket via alarm.com requesting that due to her current situation that it would be best to reach her via email 8/22/22 - **************** responded to customer via email to get service scheduled 8/26/22 - Received response from customer via email and scheduled service for 8/31/22 8/31/22 - Service complete 10/19/22 - Received voicemail from customer 10/19/22 - **************** responded to customer via email 10/19/22 - Received email response from customer 3/9/23 - Received call from customer to update payment information 12/29/23 - Customer called in, after the conversation with customer service she requested a call back from management 1/3/24 - Management called customer, no answer, left voicemail 1/30/24 - Customer called in, spoke with management, time was requested to review the account 1/30/24 - Account history was audited and reviewed with technical director 1/30/24 - An email from management was sent to customer as her requested method of contact, two additional emails were sent after receiving a response twice from her 1/31/24 - An email from management was sent to customer 2/2/24 - Management called customer, no answer, a voicemail was left 2/2/24 - Management emailed customer after a voicemail was left 2/5/24 - Received email response from customer 2/6/24 - Management responded via email to customer 2/6/24 - Received email from customer 2/13/24 - Management responded via email to customer 2/15/24 - Received email from customer 2/23/24 - Management responded via email to customer 2/29/24 - Received 2 separate emails from customer 3/4/24 - Management responded to one of the emails from a customer and requested additional time to gather information to respond to the other. 3/8/24 - Management responded to email from customer after auditing account. At this time, my manager, who is our COO, has requested for you to be able to provide us with the same information of any records you may have so that we might review them on our end. Additionally, I am still happy to get a technician to your home to replace everything so that you have more confidence in the system in your home. If you would like me to get something scheduled, please let me know. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.

  As you can see from the notes above we have made several attempts to resolve her issues with no responses from her. She has made claims that she has called us several times and we have asked her to send us documentation supporting that and she refuses to do so. We have done everything possible to get in touch with this customer and she continues to avoid us. She can still call us anytime and we would be happy to resolve any issues. We will not cancel this account because we have not violated anything having to do with the agreement.

  Thanks,

  *****************************

  COO

  Customer Answer

  Date: 03/20/2024

   
  Complaint: 21411759
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  Not only have I not, and continue to not avoid Wise, I had so actively been trying to get their attention that after several phone calls made during October 2022 with no ability to get through to management and repeatedly been given no solutions by customer service, I took to writing a ****** review and ******** review to try and ****** some attention.  ******* were replied to until January of 2024, which was the catalyst to begin another conversation as I had felt hopeless and had exhausted my options - I still feel this way.

  I had been told not only would I have to pay to have the system fixed, but it was likely my fault, there was no way of getting out of the contract, and I could not speak with managment.  So, yes, I had not repeated any calls after October because I thought I had to begrudgingly just live out of the life of the contract despite no service.

  On 10/19, I sent an email and never even received a reply back.

  None of their response is new information as it is also what they sent me, but it is incorrect and missing all the incoming calls I made that were not put through to management.

  1/3/24 I specifically told them to email me as it was clear they do not operate with urgency despite being a security company and it was difficult for me to get their calls when I had no idea on not only the time, but also never even knew the day they would call.

  They did not email me until I reached out yet again on 1/30/24.

  I had updated my phone number several times and they continued to call the wrong number, which was an issue early on in the process (March 2022-August 2022).

  2/6/24-2/13/24 they had me waiting around to just be told again they were 'looking into it'

  2/15/24-2/23/24 was another gap 

  2/29/24-3/4/24 yet another gap

  3/4/24-3/8/24 another gap

  So even within just this year, they did not even ATTEMPT to resolve an issue for 2 entire months.

  I am a victim of domestic violence and this company's lack of professionalism and care for their customer's has put me and my family's lives at risk.  Why would I be avoiding communication when the stakes are so high?!

  It has been 18 months now since I've had a security system that resembles one that works even 10% of the time.

  They have refused to not only make up for this time, but also refuse to terminate a contract which they are in breach of and have been for quite some time.

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***********************************

• Initial Complaint

  Date:05/25/2022

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  We were solicited by a Wise Home door-to-door salesmen right after moving to **** late evening ~May-June'19. The salesman explained due to crime in the area & seeing we had a 9 month old he played up the fact that it would be good peace of mind for us. I told him we felt comfortable in the neighborhood but being new it's something we'd consider & needed time. He told us they were only opening a set # of accounts in the neighborhood & due to a neighbor's agreement falling out because they were a renter only one opening was available. He explained we could cancel at any time in the first 3 months for free if we needed. I agreed to move forward & after being placed on a phone call with ***** by phone I was walked through the agreement survey verbally. The outside salesmen was talking to me throughout the phone call contradicting what was being said to me & causing me to miss key information. After several issues with the installation spanning over a week it finally was up & running. However, only a couple months it was clear it wasn't working. The alarm would falsely sound waking our young daughter creating more frustration than security which we called about & couldn't get fixed. Fed up, I called to cancel & was told I couldn't for free but could return the equipment & pay the remaining multiyear agreement in full amounting to over $1,800. I explained that this wasn't what their salesmen told us, my wife can verify & that he'd acted fraudulently. The inside **** ******* said he understood & agreed to close our account but explained the salesmen's statement contradicted ours. 3 years later with no word & obviously service since I've now got a collections notice on my credit report for over $2,400. To say I'm frustrated is an understatement & ask Wise to do the right thing in removing the report on my credit & drop the balance owed.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 05/26/2022

  5/21/2019 - Customer was installed - Pre-call done and customer agreed to a ******** agreement at 54.99/month.  The customer signed a contract agreeing to terms.

  
  6/5/2019 - A technician was dispatched (at no charge to the customer) to address the technical issues and to get the system up and running. 

  
  8/20/2019 - The customer called to cancel the agreement and was given an early termination fee.  The customer was upset as they believed the sales representative misled them.  The customer service representative explained that he signed a 36-month agreement. The customer was upset and wanted to speak to a supervisor.

  
  8/21/2019 - The customer called back in and was transferred to the call center manager (Rowdy) He went over what was explained to the customer the previous day about the ******** agreement as well as the recorded pre-call that was done to confirm that the customer understood the terms of the agreement.  Rowdy reviewed the pre-call and Juris even repeated back the terms to confirm he understood. 

  
  8/23/2019 - The customer had the bank chargeback for the payment.  Rowdy called the customer regarding the chargeback of the payment.  Again, Rowdy explained the agreement that was signed by the customer. The customer stated that he understood but he would not uphold his end of the agreement.

  
  8/26/2019 - The customer was emailed the pre-call and the agreement to confirm that he did in fact sign the agreement and agreed to the terms verbally. 

  
  The Customer continues to pay for services from August 2019 through February 2020.  There was no correspondence from the customer indicating that there were any issues with their system. 

  
  3/31/20 - Customer stops paying. The call center contacted him to bring the account to current. He states that he tried to cancel in August of 2019 and he is unwilling to pay. 

  
  From 4/1/2020 to 7/17/2020 we made 97 attempts to contact the customer to try to bring him to current. 

  
  8/4/2020 - Customer was sent to Assured Portfolio ****************** and they were unable to collect.

  
  1/21/2022 - The account was turned back over to WISE and sent to *********************** Services.

  
  5/6/22 - *********************** notified WISE that legal action would need to be taken in order to collect as the customer was unwilling to pay.